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E.J. Pratt Library


Located on the Victoria University campus, the E.J. Pratt Library collection numbers approximately 250,000 items and contains books, periodicals, documents, pamphlets and specialized material, excluding theology, which support undergraduate studies at Victoria University.

General Collections include:
  • Canadian Studies
  • Classics
  • English
  • French
  • German literature
  • History
  • Near Eastern Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Religious Studies

Special Collections Include:
  • William Blake
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Northrop Frye
  • E.J. Pratt
  • John Wesley
  • Virginia Woolf / Bloomsbury
  • and many others.

Victoria University Library maintains a number of special collections in various subject areas. Included in the collections are printed books, manuscripts and papers. Many of the items are catalogued, and inventories and finding aids are available for the manuscript collections.

Material for this collection provided by: E.J. Pratt Library, Victoria University

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Cohasset High School (Cohasset, Mass.)--Students--Yearbooks
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the selectmen
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The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation
by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar Ludwig, 1867-
texts
eye 42,962
favorite 13
comment 1
( 1 reviews )
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A dictionary of slang and colloquial English
by Farmer, John Stephen, 1845?-1915?; Henely, William Ernest, 1849-1903
texts
eye 40,701
favorite 12
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Slang Dictionaries
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English compound words and phrases : a reference list with statement of principles and rules
by Teall, Francis Horace
texts
eye 36,210
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Compound words
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Little women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
by Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
texts
eye 34,536
favorite 1
comment 0
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Lucan : the civil war books I-X (Pharsalia)
by Lucan, 39-65; Duff, J. D. (James Duff), 1860-1940
texts
eye 26,941
favorite 11
comment 0
Latin and English on opposite pages
Topic: Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C
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Persuasion
by Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
texts
eye 22,951
favorite 1
comment 0
1st ed. published 1818
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Vol 1: On the Latin language
by Varro, Marcus Terentius; Kent, Roland G. (Roland Grubb), 1877-1952
texts
eye 22,629
favorite 9
comment 0
English and Latin on opposite pages
Topic: Latin language
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700 limerick lyrics; a collection of choice humorous versifications
by Vaughn, Stanton
texts
eye 21,498
favorite 3
comment 0
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Topic: Limericks
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An Anglo-Saxon dictionary : based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth. Supplement
by Toller, T. Northcote (Thomas Northcote), 1844-1930; Bosworth, Joseph, 1789-1876
texts
eye 16,320
favorite 7
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 Dictionaries English
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A dictionary of English homonyms : pronouncing and explanatory
by Bey, A.F. Inglott
texts
eye 15,756
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Homonyms
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Lord Byron's Cain, a mystery : with notes, wherein the religion of the Bible is considered, in reference to acknowledged philosophy and reason
by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824; Grant, Harding
texts
eye 15,165
favorite 2
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
E.J. Pratt Library
Vol 1: Anglo-Saxon and Old English vocabularies
by Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877; Wülker, Richard Paul, 1845-1910
texts
eye 13,873
favorite 2
comment 0
v. 1. Vocabularies. --v. 2. Indices
Topics: English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 Glossaries, vocabularies, etc, English language --...
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Marlowe's Edward II
by Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593; Briggs, William Dinsmore
texts
eye 13,239
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327
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Vol 1: The complete poems of Emily Brontë
by Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848; Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926; Nicoll, W. Robertson (William Robertson), Sir, 1851-1923
texts
eye 13,079
favorite 3
comment 0
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Vol 3: Dionysiaca
by Nonnus, of Panopolis; Frye, Northrop. Marginalia; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950; Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961; Lind, L. R. (Levi Robert), 1906-
texts
eye 12,991
favorite 7
comment 0
Greek and English on opposite pages
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Paradise lost
by Milton, John, 1608-1674; Verity, A. W. (Arthur Wilson), 1863-1937
texts
eye 11,538
favorite 6
comment 0
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Vol 3: Ad Lucilium epistulae morales
by Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D; Gummere, Richard Mott, 1883-
texts
eye 11,522
favorite 4
comment 0
Latin and English on opposite pages
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Aristotle's criticisms of Plato
by Watson, James McLean
texts
eye 11,005
favorite 3
comment 0
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Topics: Aristotle, Plato
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Cursor mundi : the cursur o the world : a Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions, two of them Midland, from the Cotton ms ...
by Morris, Richard, 1833-1894
texts
eye 10,507
favorite 0
comment 0
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Catholicon Anglicum : an English-Latin wordbook dated 1483
by Herrtage, Sidney John Hervon
texts
eye 10,474
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topics: English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 Dictionaries Latin, Latin language -- Dictionaries...
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English idioms
by Dixon, James Main, 1856-1933
texts
eye 10,245
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topics: English language -- Idioms, corrections, errors, English language -- Dictionaries
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Vol 1: Dionysiaca
by Nonnus, of Panopolis; Frye, Northrop. Marginalia; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950; Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961; Lind, L. R. (Levi Robert), 1906-
texts
eye 9,882
favorite 10
comment 0
Greek and English on opposite pages
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Vol 4: On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
by Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890
texts
eye 9,625
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, English language -- Phonology, English...
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On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
by Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890
texts
eye 9,553
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, English language -- Phonology, English...
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The Hague conventions and declarations of 1899 and 1907, accompanied by tables of signatures, ratifications and adhesions of the various powers, and texts of reservations; edited by James Brown Scott, director
by International Peace Conference. (1st : 1899 : Hague, Netherlands); Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of International Law; International Peace Conference. (2nd : 1907 : Hague, Netherlands); Scott, James Brown, 1866-1943
texts
eye 9,243
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: Arbitration, International
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Vol 2: Dionysiaca
by Nonnus, of Panopolis; Frye, Northrop. Marginalia; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950; Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961; Lind, L. R. (Levi Robert), 1906-
texts
eye 9,145
favorite 9
comment 0
Greek and English on opposite pages
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Vol 9: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 8,971
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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Vol 4: Merlin ; or, The early history of King Arthur : a prose romance (about 1450-1460 A.D.)
by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, 1838-1917; Mead, William Edward, 1860-; Stuart-Glennie, John S; Nash, David William, 1809 or 10-1876
texts
eye 8,593
favorite 3
comment 0
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Topic: Arthur, King
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The beautiful and damned
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
texts
eye 8,420
favorite 2
comment 0
35
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The "art" of rhetoric
by Aristotle; Freese, John Henry
texts
eye 8,305
favorite 9
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxii-xxxiv) and indexes
Topic: Rhetoric, Ancient
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Vol 3: On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
by Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890
texts
eye 8,190
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, English language -- Phonology, English...
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Caxton's Eneydos, 1490
by Virgil; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491; Culley, Mathew Tewart, 1832-1889; Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910; Salverda de Grave, Jean Jacques, 1863-
texts
eye 7,922
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: Enéas (Romance)
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Early English meals and manners : with some forewords on education in Early England
by Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
texts
eye 7,901
favorite 8
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Home economics -- England, Education -- England, Etiquette, Medieval, Table, England -- Social life...
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The dream of the rood : an old English poem attributed to Cynewulf
by Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927
texts
eye 7,761
favorite 1
comment 0
Bibliography: p. lix-lx
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Vol 3: The Institutio oratoria of Quintilian
by Quintilian; Butler, Harold Edgeworth, 1878-1951
texts
eye 7,380
favorite 4
comment 0
Bibliography: v. 1, p. xi-xiii
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The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation
by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar Ludwig, 1867-
texts
eye 7,064
favorite 6
comment 1
( 1 reviews )
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Significant etymology ; or, Roots, stems, and branches of the English language
by Mitchell, James, 1830-1911
texts
eye 6,991
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes index
Topic: English language -- Etymology
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Vol 1: The complete poems of Sir John Davies
by Davies, John, 1565?-1618
texts
eye 6,826
favorite 1
comment 0
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Hand-book of pronunciation and phonetic analysis : designed for use in schools and colleges
by Bechtel, John Hendricks, b. 1841
texts
eye 6,824
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Pronunciation
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Imagines
by Philostratus, the Athenian, 2nd/3rd cent; Philostratus, the Lemnian, 3rd cent; Callistratus, 3rd or 4th cent. Descriptions; Fairbanks, Arthur, 1864-1944
texts
eye 6,791
favorite 5
comment 0
Greek and English on opposite pages
Topics: Painting, Painting, Greco-Roman
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Anne's house of dreams
by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942
texts
eye 6,739
favorite 2
comment 0
Frontispiece missing
Canadian Libraries
Anthologia latina, sive, poesis latinae supplementum
texts
eye 6,598
favorite 3
comment 0
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Topic: Inscriptions, Latin
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Vol 7: The Roxburghe ballads
by Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888
texts
eye 6,531
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: English ballads and songs
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Vol 4: The Institutio oratoria of Quintilian
by Quintilian; Butler, Harold Edgeworth, 1878-1951
texts
eye 6,492
favorite 4
comment 0
Bibliography: v. 1, p. xi-xiii
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Vol 5: The Celtic review
texts
eye 6,453
favorite 0
comment 0
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Topic: Celtic literature
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Vol 2: Questions and answers on Exodus
by Philo, of Alexandria; Marcus, Ralph, 1900-1956
texts
eye 6,371
favorite 2
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topic: Bible
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Babylonian magic and sorcery : being "The prayers of the lifting of the hand", the cuneiform texts of a group of Babylonian and Assyrian incantations and magical formulae edited with transliterations, translations and full vocabulary from tablets of the Kuyunjik collections preserved in the British Museum
by King, L. W. (Leonard William), 1869-1919
texts
eye 6,316
favorite 6
comment 0
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Topics: Akkadian language -- Texts, Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian, Magic, Assyro-Babylonian
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Selected epigrams of Martial
by Martial; Post, Edwin, 1851-
texts
eye 6,135
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topic: Epigrams
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Latin Quarter = Scènes de la vie de Bohème
by Murger, Henri, 1822-1861
texts
eye 6,124
favorite 0
comment 0
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Charles Dickens in America
by Wilkins, William Glyde, 1854-1921
texts
eye 5,860
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Rustic speech and folk-lore
by Wright, Elizabeth Mary, 1863-
texts
eye 5,769
favorite 2
comment 0
"Select list of works consulted": p. [xiii]-xvii
Topics: English language -- Dialects, Folklore -- England
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Vol 5: The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation
by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar Ludwig, 1867-
texts
eye 5,725
favorite 2
comment 0
Vol. 5
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Ten one-act plays
by Gerstenberg, Alice
texts
eye 5,594
favorite 0
comment 0
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Topic: One-act plays
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A high school English grammar
by Jones, George Mallory, 1873-1940; Horning, Lewis Emerson, 1858-; Morrow, John D
texts
eye 5,531
favorite 2
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Grammar
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Vol 5: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 5,488
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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Vol 7: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 5,468
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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The romance of William of Palerne (otherwise known as The romance of William and the werwolf)
by Guillaume de Palerne; Alisaunder; Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912
texts
eye 5,448
favorite 1
comment 0
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Vol 1: Lydgate's Troy book. A.D. 1412-20
by Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?; Colonne, Guido delle, 13th cent; Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent; Bergen, Henry, 1873-; Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
texts
eye 5,446
favorite 3
comment 0
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Topic: Troy (Extinct city) -- Romances, legends, etc
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Vol 2: On the Latin language
by Varro, Marcus Terentius; Kent, Roland G. (Roland Grubb), 1877-1952
texts
eye 5,425
favorite 4
comment 0
English and Latin on opposite pages
Topic: Latin language
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Vol 5: Tacitus : [in five volumes]
by Tacitus, Cornelius
texts
eye 5,338
favorite 5
comment 0
Latin and English on opposite pages
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Vol 8: The Celtic review
texts
eye 5,143
favorite 0
comment 0
35
Topic: Celtic literature
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The poems of Anne Countess of Winchilsea : from the original edition of 1713 and from unpublished manuscripts
by Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720; Reynolds, Myra
texts
eye 5,126
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Notes on English etymology : chiefly reprinted from the Transactions of the Philological Society
by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912
texts
eye 5,120
favorite 0
comment 0
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Topic: English language -- Etymology
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Vol 2: The Celtic review
texts
eye 5,112
favorite 4
comment 0
35
Topic: Celtic literature
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Vol 10: The Celtic review
texts
eye 5,056
favorite 0
comment 0
35
Topic: Celtic literature
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Vol 1: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 5,011
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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Vol 6: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 4,995
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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Vol 4: The Celtic review
texts
eye 4,904
favorite 0
comment 0
35
Topic: Celtic literature
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Connectives of English speech : the correct usage of prepositions, conjunctions, relative pronouns and adverbs explained and illustrated
by Fernald, James Champlin, 1838-1918
texts
eye 4,877
favorite 1
comment 0
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Topics: English language -- Grammar, English language -- Particles
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Vol 1: Questions and answers on Genesis
by Philo, of Alexandria; Marcus, Ralph, 1900-1956
texts
eye 4,865
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topic: Bible
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Vol 36: Patrologiae cursus completus... Series graeca... Accurante J.P. Migne
by Migne, J.-P. (Jacques-Paul), 1800-1875
texts
eye 4,809
favorite 4
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t. 3-4. S. Dionysius Areopagita.--t. 6. S. Justinus philosophus et martyr, Tatianus, Athenagoras Atheniensis, S. Theophilus Antiochenus, Hermias.--t. 10. Romani pontifices saeculi iv ineuntis, S. Gregorius Thaumaturgus, S. Hippolytus Portuensis, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Julius Africanus, alii.--t. 15. Origenis.--t. 16. Origenis (3 pts).--t. 35-38. S. Gregorius Nazianzenus.--t. 44-46. S. Gregorius Nyssenus.--t. 65. S. Proclus, S. Atticus, S. Flavianus Cp., Severianus Gabalitanus, Theophilus...
Topic: Christian literature, Early -- Greek authors
Canadian Libraries
Ennianae poesis reliquiae
by Ennius, Quintus; Vahlen, Johannes, 1830-1911
texts
eye 4,786
favorite 2
comment 0
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The collected poems of James Elroy Flecker
by Flecker, James Elroy, 1884-1915; Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958
texts
eye 4,753
favorite 1
comment 0
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Vol 3: Literature
by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900
texts
eye 4,747
favorite 0
comment 0
No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9
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Vol 16: The Latin poems commonly attributed to Walter Mapes
by Map, Walter, fl. 1200; Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877
texts
eye 4,654
favorite 0
comment 0
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